Dr David Fermin

Biography

Education

• 1993 - 1996 PhD in chemistry
  University of Bath, Group of Professor Laurence M. Peter
  Thesis: Semiconductor Photoelechemistry: Multi-electron Transfer Processes at Illuminated Semiconductor | Electrolyte Interface

• 1986 - 1991 Licenciado en Química
  Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas, Venezuela, Group of Professor Benjamín R. Scharifker
  Final Year Project: Electrochemical Generation and Growth of Polypyrrole

Appointments

• October 2007 - Now Reader
  School of Chemistry, University of Bristol

• October 2003 - September 2007 Swiss National Science Foundation Professor
• Departement für Chemie und Biochemie, Universität Bern

• 2001 - 2003 Fonctionnaire Scientifique
  Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et Biologique, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

• 1997 - 2000 Postdoctoral Fellow
  Laboratoire d'Electrochimie, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

• 1992 - 1993 Research Assistant
  Laboratorio de Electroquímica, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas, Venezuela

Memberships

Organisations

School of Chemistry

Chemistry staff

• Chemistry academic staff

Research sections

• Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

Research areas and groups

• Materials Chemistry
• Colloid and Interface Science

Links

• Electrochemistry Group Web Page

Recent publications

• Brown, P, Butts, CP, Eastoe, J, Fermin, D, Grillo, I, Lee, H, Parker, D, Plana, D & Richardson, RM 2012, ‘Anionic Surfactant Ionic Liquids with 1-Butyl-3-methyl-imidazolium Cations: Characterization and Application’. Langmuir, vol 28., pp. 2502-2509
• Hongthani, W, Patil, AJ, Mann, S & Fermin, DJ 2012, ‘Contrast in Electron-Transfer Mediation between Graphene Oxide and Reduced Graphene Oxide’. ChemPhysChem, vol 13., pp. 2956-2963
• Kumarakuru, H, Cherns, D, Oca, MGMd & Fermin, DJ 2012, ‘TEM studies of stress relaxation in catalytic Au-Pd core-shell nanoparticles’. in: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY AND ANALYSIS GROUP CONFERENCE 2011 (EMAG 2011). Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft & IOP Publishing Ltd, BRISTOL, pp. -
• Celorrio, V, Oca-Yemha, MGMD, Plana, D, Moliner, R, Fermin, DJ & Lazaro, MJ 2012, ‘Electrochemical performance of Pd and Au-Pd core-shell nanoparticles on surface tailored carbon black as catalyst support’. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, vol 37., pp. 7152-7160
• Oca-Yemha, MGMD, Plana, D, Celorrio, V, Lazaro, M & Fermin, DJ 2012, ‘Electrocatalytic Properties of Strained Pd Nanoshells at Au Nanostructures: CO and HCOOH Oxidation’. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, vol 116., pp. 692-699
• Celorrio, V, Oca-Yemha, MGMD, Plana, D, Moliner, R, Lazaro, M & Fermin, DJ 2012, ‘Effect of Carbon Supports on Electrocatalytic Reactivity of Au-Pd Core-Shell Nanoparticles’. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, vol 116., pp. 6275-6282

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